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News for NMU Employees

Hugo Eyzaguirre (Economics) presented the paper “Textbook Confessions: Do College Textbooks Systematically Cover Government Failure?” at the Conference on Teaching and Research on Economic Education, organized by the Committee on Economic Education of the American Economic Association.

Mary Jane Tremethick (HPER) and Eileen Smit (Nursing) presented “Self Directed Learning to Guide Service Learning Activities” at the national American Alliance for Health Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) Conference in Charlotte, N.C. The presentation highlighted work with students in HL/NU 386 Interdisciplinary Study in Global Health Care—Central America. Prior to their immersion, students participate in self-directed learning activities that result in determining which service learning projects they will provide while in Honduras.

Phil Watts and Randy Jensen (HPER), along with NMU graduate Megan Ostrowski and visiting scholar Vanessa Espana-Romero, presented “Change in Geometric Entropy and Energy Expenditure with Repeated Ascents in Rock Climbing” at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Indianapolis.